House and Senate committees advance GOP bail legislation
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Bail reform moving to Senate
AUSTIN – A stricter felony bail system in the State of Texas is a step closer to reality following the third day of the Special Session in Austin.
House and Senate bills designed to make the bail system stricter made it out of committee hearings and are now set to go to the floors of both chambers in the coming days.
Following unanimous approval in the Senate, applause and cheers erupted.
Theresa Seck was one of those relishing in the bill’s progress, but the celebration was bittersweet.
People traveled from all over the state, including Houston, to give lawmakers in Austin their take face-to-face. Author: Adam Bennett Updated: 7:15 PM CDT July 10, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas On Saturday, state lawmakers heard from the public on two controversial measures on Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda: proposed changes to Texas voting laws and bail reform.
Bail reform and changes to voting laws directly impact the Houston area and have drawn national attention.
The first hearing started at 8 a.m., and the last could very well go into Sunday.
People traveled from all over the state, including Houston, to give lawmakers in Austin their take face-to-face.
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Drivers who hit someone in a crosswalk in Texas could now face prison time, thanks to new law named after Fort Bend County woman
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HOUSTON – Not many days after Lisa Torry Smith died in 2017, after family members learned it was not a crime in Texas to drive into someone in a crosswalk, they decided the law needed to change.
About four years later, a new Texas law in her name will go into effect, which makes it a crime, punishable by fines and up to two years in prison, to hit and cause injury to a person in a crosswalk.
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